settle for a compromise

См. также в других словарях:

• settle for — phrasal : to content oneself with : be content with asked an endowment of two million but had to settle for one would settle for a tie score * * * settle for To agree to accept (usu as a compromise) • • • Main Entry: ↑settle * * * ˈsettle for… …   Useful english dictionary

• Compromise — For the American township, see Compromise Township, Champaign County, Illinois. For the 1925 American film, see Compromise (film). To compromise is to make a deal where one person gives up part of his or her demand. In arguments, compromise is a… …   Wikipedia

• compromise — com·pro·mise 1 n: an agreement resolving differences by mutual concessions esp. to prevent or end a lawsuit compromise 2 vb mised, mis·ing vt: to resolve or dispose of by a compromise cases in which a dispute is compromised E. A. Farnsworth and W …   Law dictionary

• settle — set·tle vb set·tled, set·tling vt 1: to resolve conclusively settle a question of law 2: to establish or secure permanently a settled legal principle 3 …   Law dictionary

• compromise — [käm′prə mīz΄] n. [ME & OFr compromis < LL compromissum, a compromise, mutual promise < L compromissus, pp. of compromittere, to make a mutual promise to abide by an arbiter s decision < com , together + promittere, to PROMISE] 1. a… …   English World dictionary

• compromise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Settlement of differences by mutual concession Nouns 1. compromise; mediation, arbitration, negotiation, give and take, bargaining. 2. settlement, concession, appeasement, compensation; terms, bargain,… …   English dictionary for students

• settle — Synonyms and related words: KO, abalienate, abide, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, affirm, afford proof of, agree on, agree with, alien, alienate, alight, alight upon, allay, amortize, anchor, answer,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Compromise of 1850 — Series of measures passed by the U.S. Congress to settle slavery issues and avert secession. The crisis arose in late 1849 when the territory of California asked to be admitted to the Union with a constitution prohibiting slavery. The problem was …   Universalium

• Missouri Compromise — U.S. Hist. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30 N, except for Missouri. Cf. Kansas Nebraska Act. * * *… …   Universalium

• Offer in compromise — The Offer in Compromise (or OIC) program, in the United States, is an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) program under 26 U.S.C. § 7122 which allows qualified individuals with an unpaid tax debt to negotiate a settled amount that is less… …   Wikipedia

• 1850, Compromise of — ▪ United States history  series of compromise measures passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle several outstanding slavery issues and to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union. The crisis arose from the request of the territory… …   Universalium